The Use of pre-/posttest and self-assessment tools in a French pronunciation course

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-320

  Lappin Fortin, Kerry ^a   Rye, B J ^a  

^a ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Explicit phonetic instruction; French second language learning; L2 pronunciation; Pre posttest L2 classroom experiment; Pronunciation self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903158660     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/flan.12083     Document Type: Article

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